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Fishing Lake Fork, Texas
Tom Redington
March 26, 2005
Lake Fork - Freshwater Fishing Report
Lake Fork Weekly Report
March has been a great month on Lake Fork and with the full moon on Good Friday, tons of big fish have moved shallow. We are now at the time where the majority of bass on Fork will spawn and hundreds of lunkers will be caught in the coming weeks. At the Lake Fork Marina alone, by early last week over 6 pages of fish over 7 lbs had been reported in the monthly lunker survey and big fish are coming in daily. If you like fishing shallow for big bass, this is as good as it gets!
Fork’s water level is down slightly to 402.57’, about 5” below full pool but it will likely rise with this weekend’s rains. The recent windy days and rain has some coves stained but most of the lake is clear to lightly stained. Water temps are holding in the upper 50s with protected pockets warming into the low to mid-60s on sunny afternoons.
Whereas the spawn had been confined to the North end of Fork over the past several weeks, there are now also good numbers of spawning fish in most mid-lake coves while some are showing up in the backs of larger creeks on the south end. For those of you looking for bed fish, I’d suggest starting in the backs of coves and checking protected pockets as well. If you are looking for an oversized prespawn fish, concentrate your efforts on points and creek channels on the southern half of the lake and fish around any grass or wood cover you can find.
In areas with spawning fish, throw weightless soft plastic jerkbaits like the Lake Fork Tackle Zig Zag or Magic Shad and wacky rigged Twitch Worms and Ring Fries in shades of watermelon and green pumpkin. Cast to light spots, holes in the grass, inside and outside weed edges and any wood cover that is about 8’ or shallower and you’ll be in business. For bedding fish, Texas rigged Ring Fries, Craw Tubes and Baby Fork Craws in white make it easy to see the bite; however, these same baits in more natural colors will spook less fish and often get you bit quicker. For the prespawn fish, work inside and outside grass edges on points, tree lines, and creek channels leading into spawning flats with lizards, spinnerbaits and suspending jerkbaits. Some days the bass will be tight to the bottom and other times they will be suspended near cover. Texas rig a Lake Fork Tackle Top Dog lizard in watermelon or black neon and pitch it to any cover available for those fish on the bottom. For the suspended bass, go with a ½ oz white or white and chartreuse double willow spinnerbait on overcast days or suspending jerkbaits in gold or chrome the sunny days.
Here’s hoping you catch the lunker of your dreams. If I can be of assistance, please contact me at 214-683-9572 (days) or 972-635-6027 (evenings) or e-mail me through www.LakeForkGuideTrips.com where your satisfaction is guaranteed.
Good Fishing,
Tom
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